Review of the press for October 29, 2021
Colombian coca growers kidnap 180 soldiers. In Cuba, inflation has soared to 1200 percent. At least 47 journalists have been assassinated during Andrés Manuel López Obrador's administration
Colombian coca growers kidnap 180 soldiers
Around 180 soldiers eradicating drug crops were held hostage for two days on Colombia's border with Venezuela by coca growers. Coca growers abducted six platoons of the national army in the municipality of Tibù on Tuesday. Peasants armed with sticks and machetes surrounded the troops as they carried out "tasks t…